Nobody's Heroes (album)

Nobody's Heroes
Nobody's Heroes
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released	March 7, 1980
Recorded	January 21, 1980 – February 1, 1980
Studio	Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre	Punk rock;
Length	38:06
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Doug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology

Nobody's Heroes is the second album by Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Billboard	(unrated)^[2]
Record Mirror	^[3]
Smash Hits	8/10^[4]

"Doesn't Make It All Right" is a cover of a song from the Specials' debut album, Specials.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fingers and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted.

"Gotta Gettaway" – 3:37
"Wait and See" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:28
"Fly the Flag" – 3:46
"At the Edge" (Fingers) – 2:59
"Nobody's Hero" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:11
"Bloody Dub" (Fingers) – 3:47
"Doesn't Make It All Right" (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mark Harrison) – 5:50
"I Don't Like You" – 2:44
"No Change" – 1:56
"Tin Soldiers" – 4:46

The 2001 EMI CD reissue added the following tracks:

"Bloody Sunday" – 3:24
"Straw Dogs" – 3:30
"You Can't Say Crap on the Radio" – 2:50

The reissue also includes the second part of an interview of Jake Burns by Alan Parker (the first part is included in the reissue of Inflammable Material).

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
United Kingdom	8

Song	Singles Chart (1979/80)	Peak position
"Straw Dogs"	United Kingdom	44
"At the Edge"	United Kingdom	15
"Nobody's Hero/Tin Soldiers"	United Kingdom	36

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers

Jake Burns – vocals, guitar
Jim Reilly – drums
Henry Cluney – guitar, backing vocals
Ali McMordie – bass

Technical

Doug Bennett – producer
Laurence Burrage – engineer
Nigel Brooke-Harte – engineer
Andi Banks – tour manager
Shaun Bradley – equipment
Agency – cowbell
Geoff Halpin – cover lettering
Brian Cooke – photography
Chris Gabrin – photography
Mats Lundgren – photography
Barry Plummer – photography

References

^ ^a ^b link
^ ^a ^b "Review: Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 16. 19 April 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
^ Nicholls, Mike (1 March 1980). "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Record Mirror. p. 15.
^ Starr, Red. "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.

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[bboardreview-2] "Review: Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 16. 19 April 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.

[3] Nicholls, Mike (1 March 1980). "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Record Mirror. p. 15.

[4] Starr, Red. "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.

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